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ASSESSMENT OF THE CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION SYSTEM FROM CERNAVODA TRITIUM REMOVAL FACILITY

 

 

Gheorghe Paşca1, Mirela Drăghia1*, Florina Porcariu1, George Ana2

 

1S.C. I.S.Tech S.R.L Timisoara, Phone: +40771.729.209, Fax:+40356.173.660, 

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ABSTRACT

 

This paper aims at presenting an assessment of the Cryogenic Distillation system (CD) from the Cernavoda Tritium Removal Facility (CTRF). The Cryogenic Distillation system is one of the key components of the CTRF which comprises other systems like the Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange, designed to transfer tritium from heavy water to a deuterium stream to be fed into the CD system, Atmosphere Detritiation System, Tritium Recovery System, Tritium/Hydrogen Monitoring System, Central interlocking system and Tritium Extraction and Storage System.

Thus the need to build a tritium separation and recovery system derive from the economic opportunities offered both by heavy water reuse and tritium production, but at the same time it  offers an alternative for the storage of tritiated heavy water as radioactive waste.

 

KEYWORDS: Tritium, deuterium, heavy water, cryogenic distillation.



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2National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICIT Rm. Valcea, code 240050, Rm. Valcea, Uzinei 4, CP7 Raureni, Valcea, Romania, phone: 0040 250  736979, fax:0040 250 732746, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it